Monday, 14 July 2014

David Williamson's "Managing Carmen"

Football player. Brownlow medallist. Cross dresser. Comedy. LIVE on stageTickets on sale NOW at the Box Office Mon- Fri 10am-12.30pm AND at the cinema box office whenever movies are showing AND you can buy tickets online http://tinyurl.com/ShowingAtWorldTheatre

Adults $29.50pp;

Students/Group 10+/Conc $25pp;

Group 10+ students $20pp

Sports Manager Rohan Swift needs to uncover what is troubling his star
player. Brent Lyall is at the top of his game and should be on top of
the world: captain of the most powerful football club in Australia, he
has two medals and a beautiful girlfriend
on his arm; but something is holding him back from being the
charismatic hero the public and his sponsors expect. Brent hides a
secret obsession that will rock the nation.

Off the field,
Brent has a penchant for designer dresses and prefers a pair of Manolo
Blahniks to footy boots… plus his alter ego ‘Carmen’ is about to go
public. With millions at stake from endorsement deals, ruthless Rohan
will do anything to stop sleazy tabloid predator Max Upfield from
exposing Brent’s private fetish to the fickle football-fanatic public.

Acclaimed Australian playwright and National Living Treasure David
Williamson delivers another hilarious football story – this time, with a
twist. In spectacular form, Managing Carmen takes a satirical look at
the characters behind the nation’s favourite sport: greedy sports
managers, champion footballers, bimbo girlfriends and notorious tabloid
writers.

After nationwide tours of acclaimed Williamson plays
The Club, Let the Sunshine and When Dad Married Fury, HIT Productions
has assembled its award-winning creative team once again to bring you
this new production of Managing Carmen.

"This is one of the
funniest and most entertaining plays David has written in his
illustrious career. To perform this play a few months after a federal
election when acceptance of those different from the mainstream will
inevitably be tested – and by some, ruthlessly exploited – is certainly
appropriate and a further testament to Williamson's amazing ability to
mirror and critique the contemporary mood of the nation."